Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 1979 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Saturday, October 20, 1979 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Whalers 32–24.
Billy Harris scored a hat trick. Anders Kallur, Steve Tambellini, Mike Bossy and Ray Allison also scored.
Glenn Resch made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Billy Harris (2)Mike Kaszycki (3), Jean Potvin (3)0–104:38 NYI- Billy Harris (3)Bob Lorimer (1), John Tonelli (3)0–218:49 NYI ·
2nd period
- Billy Harris (4)Stefan Persson (3), Dave Langevin (1)0–301:26 NYI
Anders Kallur (1)Clark Gillies (1), Steve Tambellini (2)0–402:08 NYI
Steve Tambellini (2)Anders Kallur (1), Clark Gillies (2)0–511:51 NYI
3rd period
Mike Bossy (4)Bryan Trottier (3), Dave Langevin (2)0–601:29 NYI
Ray Allison (2)Al Hangsleben (1), Andre Lacroix (3)1–603:53 HFD
Team stats
HFDNYI
2432
0%0%
0/21/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:12 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 10:49 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 16:49 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · holding2 min
- 16:36 into the third periodMike Rogers · tripping2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodGordie Howe · elbowing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Maynard SchurmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Charles LuksaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35John GarrettG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
New York Islanders
| 15Billy HarrisR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Jean PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike HordyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |